Oh dear! Nope, that is most definitely not intended!! You should be able to use your abilities right away.
Luckily, I have a pretty good idea of what could be causing it. I'll fix it right away, just a matter of minutes, really.
Edit: There you go! You will unfortunately have to restart... but after that, all should now be working as intended. I'm really sorry! I believe my last minute changes made a mess of things...
Edit 2: Forgot to mention, the bug with Violet's event has also been fixed.